Curtain-pole



(No Model.)

G. S. OI-IAPPEE- & W. H. MOORE.

I CURTAIN POLE. No. 557,091. Patented Mar. 24, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. CHAFFEE, OF DERBY, AND WVILLIAM II. MOORE, OF NEWV HAVEN, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO JOHN PETERSON, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT.

CU RTAlN-POLE'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,091, dated March 24, 1896.

Application filed August 26, 1895.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we,CHARLEs S. OHAFFEE, of Derby, and WILLIAM H. MOORE, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Curtain-Poles; and we do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a sectional View of one end of a curtain-pole, illustrating, our invention; Fig. 2, a sectional view illustrating a modification in the formation of the retaining-plate; Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line 0 d of Fig. 4.

This invention relates to an improvement in curtain poles, particularly such as are formed of wood, the object being to provide means for supporting the curtain without the aid of pins and without rings upon the poles, which in sliding thereupon scratch and otherwise mar the surface; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In one side of the pole A and extending throughout its length is a slot 13, the ends of which are closed by a plate C, having a flange D, forming a cap to receive the end of the pole. One of the plates is formed with an eccentric opening D, as shown in Fig. 2, which, when turned to register with the end of the slot, permits a' rod G to be inserted through it into the slot. Then the rod is thus in position, the plate may be turned so that the opening D extends beyond the end of the slot, as shown in Fig. 3, which thus closes the slot and prevents the removal of the rod. This plate and flange may be secured to the end of the pole by the screw F, which forms a part of the usual ornamental tip to be applied to the end of curtain-poles, and as shown in Fig. 1, or in cases where the ornamental tips are not used, the plate may Serial No. 560,478. (No model.)

be secured to the ends by an ordinary screw F, as shown in Fig. 2.

G represents the rod above mentioned, upon which the curtain is hung, and which is of a size corresponding to the slot B and of a length greater than the distance between the edges of the flanges D. The curtain may be secured to the rod in any desired manner, either by rings or by forming a fold in the curtain through which the rod passes, methods too well known to require illustration or description.

Instead of forming an opening at each end the clearance opening may be formed in one plate only.

We are aware that curtainrods have been arranged concentrically inside curtain-poles, and so as to avoid the use of rings upon the curtain-poles. IVe therefore do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, such as our invention; but

What we do claim is I The combination with a curtain-pole, con structed with a slot in one side, extending throughout its length, and a rod corresponding in length to the length of said pole, but smaller in transverse section than the width and depth of said slot, of plates secured to the respective ends of the pole and each formed with flanges which extend onto the pole so as to close the ends of the slot, one of said plates concentrically mounted to turn upon the end of the pole, and formed with an eccentric opening through which the said rod may be entered into or removed from said slot, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES S. CHAFFEE. JVILLIAM II. MOORE.

Witnesses:

FRED O. EARLE, HENRY II. PEoK. 

